[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 125 (Thursday, September 23, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H8560]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  FALN TERRORISTS RELEASED FROM PRISON

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, it is the practice in our Nation that victims 
of crime and their families be consulted before criminals who have 
perpetrated the crimes against them are released from prison.
  Well, it just so happens that the victims of the FALN terrorist 
attacks were never even consulted; they were never even notified that 
these terrorists were about to be set free from prison, another 
injustice against the American people and victims of crime by our 
President.
  Yet, the Clinton-Gore Administration took months talking to the 
terrorists and their representatives as they made their decision. We 
know that the First Lady was consulted. She first agreed, and then she 
said she changed her mind. We are told that the Vice President is 
consulted about everything. I wonder what his response or his role was 
in granting the terrorists their freedom.
  Why were not 139 bombings, 6 people killed, dozens maimed enough to 
keep terrorists off of our streets? The American people and the victims 
of crime deserve answers to these questions, not silence through 
executive privilege.

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